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Nothing since I have been on vacation for the long weekend, but what I am most looking forward to playing when I get home from work is

Red Orchestra 2 - I'm one of the new players who checked out the free weekend, and bought the game after a few hours of play. Atmospheric and intense, with fantastic gunplay and great pacing. Countdown mode is a great, razor-sharp game mode.

Assassin's Creed Revelations multiplayer - I never tried the multiplayer for Brotherhood, and now I know that is the worst mistake I have made in my entire life. Simultaneously fast, deliberate, stealthy, frantic, thoughtful, twitchy, and just a huge amount of fun. Love it.

Assassin's Creed Revelations multiplayer - I never tried the multiplayer for Brotherhood, and now I know that is the worst mistake I have made in my entire life. Simultaneously fast, deliberate, stealthy, frantic, thoughtful, twitchy, and just a huge amount of fun. Love it.

Yes sir! And Wanted is the best mode.

@Nalano, thanks for the answer. I played it with the powertools thing back then. Since I think I'll replay it sometime soon, I'll give it a go with the stability patches from that other mod as well.

I waffle on modes. Wanted is definitely great, but I really like deathmatch for throwing out the compass and not generating NPC models of the player's personas. Simple deathmatch is great when the smoke bomb spam becomes too much. Corruption is super super fun, as is Manhunt. It's just a great experience.

ravelle or others - Do you have a suggestion for another racing game, nothing too simmey or too arcadey? Something where it's not a game mechanic to drift through a corner or crash your own or others cars. I did consider getting Shift 2 but what I've read about it suggest it has a very twitchy driving model? Doesn't have to be too recent either, although last time I really got into a driving game was NFS: Most Wanted, so more recent than that.

ravelle or others - Do you have a suggestion for another racing game, nothing too simmey or too arcadey? Something where it's not a game mechanic to drift through a corner or crash your own or others cars. I did consider getting Shift 2 but what I've read about it suggest it has a very twitchy driving model? Doesn't have to be too recent either, although last time I really got into a driving game was NFS: Most Wanted, so more recent than that.

ravelle or others - Do you have a suggestion for another racing game, nothing too simmey or too arcadey? Something where it's not a game mechanic to drift through a corner or crash your own or others cars. I did consider getting Shift 2 but what I've read about it suggest it has a very twitchy driving model? Doesn't have to be too recent either, although last time I really got into a driving game was NFS: Most Wanted, so more recent than that.

Both Most Wanted and Shift 1 and 2 are excellent racers, Dirt 3 is pretty good too or the latest Ridge Racer but they're pretty much arcade-a-palooza. If you want simulation you can try Gran Turismo 5 but I find it to be boring, in the sense the car's motor is one monotone, cars can't be damaged and the colliding sound sounds awful and it's like riding a monorail, there's nothing really exciting about it.

ravelle or others - Do you have a suggestion for another racing game, nothing too simmey or too arcadey?

The Codemaster F1 games (2010 and 2011) have their fair share of problems, and I can't wholeheartedly recommend them (I only played F1 2010), but they're 'serious racing' games with a rather simplified driving model - so that might be a mix you're interested in. It is only one type of car on 19/20 tracks, though - so it's not exactly great on the diversity front.

There sadly aren't any Forza Motorsports (Xbox) or Gran Turismo (Playstation) games released in recent years for PC - that I am aware of, at least.

The racing game I've been having most fun with the past six or so months is definitely TrackMania 2: Canyon. It's time trial only, as there is no contact between the different cars online, but the great arcade driving model, and the endless number of tracks thanks to the excellent track editor make it great fun.

Last edited by Tritagonist; 29-05-2012 at 08:39 PM.

"He has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to
the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free". ~ Luke 4:18

Assassin's Creed Revelations multiplayer - I never tried the multiplayer for Brotherhood, and now I know that is the worst mistake I have made in my entire life. Simultaneously fast, deliberate, stealthy, frantic, thoughtful, twitchy, and just a huge amount of fun. Love it.

But the unlock-system feels a bit... stupid. I'm constantly levelling up something (honor, weapons, whatever), all the time BLING BLING BLING YOU GAINED A LEVEL but it seems to have no effect on anything. Two days in, I started completely ignoring the levelling system.

ravelle or others - Do you have a suggestion for another racing game, nothing too simmey or too arcadey?

You may want to check out "Shift 2" nonetheless. It's definitely on the sim side of the racing game spectrum, but it's not a hardcore sim either.

I'm in no way into racing sims (last I remember playing has to be "Grand Prix 3" :D), but I got "Shift 2" in a recent sale on GG and enjoy it quite a bit. It features an extensive and diverse career mode, fairly good driving physics and the cockpit view is done better than in any other game I've seen to date. The sense of speed is also really good, a thing most racing sims seem to lack.

Downsides? The UI is unintuitive and extremely overladen, the AI is unreasonably aggressive at times and steering controls do feel a little awkward with a gamepad (laggy? I can't put my finger on it), but it seems I got used to it. Also, the game requires an EA account.

Just finished Defender's Quest which I scored from the Because We May sale.

Surprisingly fun for a tower-defense game - the RPG aspects are really well done, even though I found armor obsolete. Good closure at the ending, and some interesting and unexpected mechanics at the last few battles - very well worth it.

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Playing through Half Life 2 for the second time since getting back into PC gaming.
Also playing through Saints Row 2, but it's hard playing such a bad port (random crashes, very inconsistent performance etc).

JG_Man looks at time played of Binding of Isaac before playing it last night.

JG_Man looks at time played of Binding of Isaac after playing this afternoon.

Jeez. I've spent 8 hours on it since the expansion came out. That's what I've been playing, apparently. Also, screw glitches. I beat the original final boss [spoiler]Satan[/spoiler] but because I had a petrify attack, it broke the boss. I had a gazillion hearts, an explosive attack AND a constant laser (with aforementioned petrify). I really wanted the D6 too...